Gliding Tobster
glidingtobster.bsky.social
Gliding Tobster
@glidingtobster.bsky.social
Obsessive glider pilot & instructor. Border Collies' personal clown. EVs + house batteries and all that. Computer games, playing and developing. DIY, 3D printing, cobbling & concocting. Culturally a bit left, economically a bit right.
Missing summer already.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
21.5kWh from my new setup today 🌞💥 #solarpanels
September 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I found another one. Fascinating insects. I think this one had been hit by a vehicle, so I took it to a fallen conifer to complete its lifecycle.
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What to do with Greater Yorkshire Death Hornet #GreaterHorntail #sawfly #yorkshire #nature #insects
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July 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is the Greater Yorkshire Death Hornet. It has stung a tree that made it angry, which has fallen over and died from the pain.

#GreaterHorntail #Sawfly
June 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Bugs on the airframe today. Grim, but a good sign; maybe it's not armageddon after all.
April 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am my club's speed demon 🤘
Gave a drunk acceptance speech, and managed to get out "if you think you can keep up with a ballasted Standard Cirrus I'll see you in the thermals" before being ejected from the stage.
#gliding #aviation
April 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
First time filling in an accident report today.
Learning outcomes:
Instructors - don't just recommend that visiting pilots take off on an actual runway; insist that they do.
Pilots - take off on an actual runway!
The paperwork is grim, with boxes I hope I never have to tick.
#gliding #aviation
April 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mid April, flying for an hour and a bit, and one bug on the entire airframe? Bees seem to be doing alright so far this year, but this is really bad.
April 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Brother sent me this.
It turns out the French have bread vending machines.
I found this hilarious but love it all the same. The service itself is probably serious, but it feels like an ironic backlash against modern western consumerism.
March 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I present possibly the world's first marmite-washed french farmhouse style rinded kefir cheese.

Inspired by @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social's recent marmite tea vid on a @anonopin.bsky.social post a few weeks ago.

It's slightly milder than most, owing to marmite's actually lower salt.

#cheesemaking
March 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
March 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First of the year's thermals that you could call thermals up north yesterday! #gliding #Yorkshire
February 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Why was there an uncontrolled helicopter on the approach centreline of the capital of the free world's airport? 🤦‍♂️
January 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
One of these arseholes who think that "except for access" means "cunt parking allowed" just nearly wiped one of my dogs out on his ebike.
January 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
January 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Almighty crash in the yard up top, and I'm now stuck at home.
#StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It's not just Elon Musk. A few years ago I saw Yoshi do it, in Germany of all places, and he even added a simulated moustache.
January 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is my best effort yet. Burning spicy, almost painful. Test sample caused minor mouth bleeds.
A probable gastroenterologist's nightmare, and I'm applying SAS-style edibility tests before going all-in.
Is there a biological limit of human cheesiness tolerance?
#cheesemaking
January 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
@vizcomic.bsky.social has left Twitter, and the gammon meltdown in the Facebook comments is hilarious. Did they all read this strip without the tiniest sense of irony?
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dressed for the big day 🫤
January 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'm inventing a conspiracy theory. JWST isn't real and They™ are just adding hexagonal lens flares to Hubble images.
January 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Starting to nail this #cheesemaking malarkey.
January 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Seems to be diminishing and I haven't charged the Nikon so it's going flat. But managed this.
#AuroraBorealis
January 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Saw SpaceWeatherLive going nuts this morning but didn't think anything of it. Just stepped out to walk the dogs after work now, and I suppose I should pack the SLR!
#AuroraBorealis
January 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My shit take today is that every pilot who flew over the concrete wall at #MuanAirport, thought "that looks a bit shitty" but never blew the whistle on it, should now be doing what all good pilots do and evaluating their actions.
December 30, 2024 at 4:56 PM